10 Most INSANE Horror Movies Of 2024

2. MadS

Rather unassumingly released on Shudder in early 2024, MadS may seem like a familiar enough entry into the zombie subgenre, but as it proves, execution is everything.

The film revolves, at least initially, around Romain (Milton Riche), a young man whose night of partying goes awry when a bloody young woman gets in his car. From here, we follow several characters caught in the midst of a viral outbreak that turns the infected feral, but here's the rub - the film unfolds in real-time, with filmmaker David Moreau even having the mayhem transpire across a single fluid take.

Even accepting that Moreau presumably spliced several takes together, the result is an ultra-immersive depiction of a virus spreading throughout a community, where gore is less important than the physically demanding performances of the little-known cast.

MadS is one wild ride of a movie, and a technically audacious calling card for Moreau's clear talents in the genre.